Hanger bracket for solder spools



Oct. 18, 1966 J. c. GARRETT 3,279,720

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United States Patent O 3,279,720 HANGER BRACKET FOR SOLDER SPOOLS Jim C.Garrett, 8060 Salt Lake Ave., Inglewood, Calif. Filed Dec. 28, 1964,Ser. No. 421,505 4 Claims. (Cl. 242-129.6)

This invention relates to a hanger bracket for holding a spool of solderin position for facile removal of solder wire wound thereon.

An object of the present invention is to provide a hanger bracket of thecharacter indicated that holds a solder spool from which solder wire maybe removed without kinking or twisting and which renders the use of suchwire handy, convenient and time-saving.

Another object of the invention is to provide a hanger bracket, as abovecharacterized, which is easy to mount in operative position as well asreadily movable on a support for most convenient use thereof.

A further object of the invention is to provide a hanger bracket withspool mounting means that is readily applied and which lholds said meansagainst accidental displacement during use.

This invention also has for its objects to provide such means that arepositive in operation, convenient in use, easily installed in a workingposition and easily disconnected therefrom, economical of manufacture,relatively simple, and of general superiority and serviceability.

The above objects are realized in a hanger bracket for a spool of solderwire that has the form an inverted U, is provided with hanger hooks forengaging over a support bar, and spindle-engaging end portions on thelegs of the bracket that hold said spindle and a spool of solder thereonin a manner that obviates accidental displacement during removal ofsolder wire from the spool. The bracket is of simpl'ied form and easymanufacture in that the same comprises three pieces of strap metalspotwelded together to provide the U-shape mentioned, two of said piecesbeing formed to have the hanger hooks above mentioned.

The invention also comprises novel details of construction and novelcombinations and arrangements of parts, which will more fully appear inthe course of the following description and which is based on theaccompanying drawing. However, said drawing merely shows, and thefollowing description merely describes, one embodiment of the presentinvention, which is given by way of illustration or example only.

In the drawing, like reference characters designate similar parts in theseveral views.

FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of a hanger bracket for solder spoolsaccording to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side elevational view as seen from the right side of FIG. l.

The hanger bracket that is illustrated comprises, generally, aninverted-shaped bracket frame 5 and a spindle 6 removably carried bysaid bracket for holding a spool 7 on which solder wire 8 is wound.

The bracket frame 5 comprises similar vertically extending leg members 9that are each formed of a length of strap metal that, approximatelymidway of its ends, is provided with a twist 10 that divides the lengthof metal into a flat hanger portion 11 at the top and a ilatspoolholding portion 12 at the bottom, said portions 11 and 12 beingnormal to each other. The end of each hanger portion 11 is bentrearwardly and downwardly to provide a hook 13 that `defines a space 14in which a support member 15 is received. The end of each portion 12 is"ice provided with a bayonet slot 16 in the edge thereof that is beneaththe hook 13.

The bracket 5 also comprises a length of strap metal 17 that by spotwelds or similar securing means 18 is secured to the hanger portions 11of the leg members 9, there being a flatwise engagement of the ends ofsaid strap 17 with the portions 11 which are coplanar, the leg membersextending normally from the strap 17 and generally parallel, as shown.As can be seen in FIG. 2, the strap 17 is applied to the sides of theleg portions 11 that are opposite to the hanger hooks 13 and theopenings of the bayonet slots 16.

The spaces 14 loosely receive the support member 15, the bracket 5,above described, being removably and adjustably secured to said memberby thumb screws 19 or similar fasteners which are in threaded engagementwith overlapped portions of the legs 9 and strap 17. It will be seenthat the bracket thus provided has the leg portions 12 with the edgesthereof facing front and back and that the space between said portionsis greater than the space between the leg portions 11. It is in saidgreater space that the spool 7 is accommodated.

The spindle 6 comprises a rod 20 that, adjacent its ends, is providedwith discs 21 that are staked in place and are spaced apart a distancesomewhat greater than the distance between the outer faces of the legportions 12. Said rod is received from the rear in the slots 16, to hanga spool 7 after said spool had been slipped onto the rod, as shown. Therods ends may be fitted with caps 22, if desired.

While the foregoing has illustrated and described what is nowcontemplated to be the best mode of carrying out the invention, theconstruction is, of course, subject to modification without departingfrom the spirit and scope of the invention. Therefore, it is not desiredto restrict the invention to the particular form of constructionillustrated and described, but to cover all modications that may fallwithin the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described this invention, what is claimed and `desired to besecured by Letters Patent is:

1. A hanger bracket for solder spools comprising:

(a) a U-shaped bracket frame that is inverted in operative position andcomprises depending legs and a connecting strap,

(b) rearwardly and `downwardly bent portions on the legs where the sameare connected to the ends of the strap and constituting hanger hooks,

(c) screws extending through the joints between the legs and strap forclamping against a support member over which the hooks are engaged,

(d) the lower ends of the legs being provided with rearwardly openbayonet slots, and

(e) a spool-mounting spindle spanning between the legs and having itsends removably engaged in said slots.

2. A hanger bracket according to claim 1 in which the spindle ends,outside the legs, are provided with discs to limit endwise movement ofthe spindle in the bayonet slots.

3. A hanger bracket according to claim 1 in which each frame leg isformed of a metal strap with the ends having the hooks twisted relativeto the ends having the bayonet slots and being in the same plane.

4. A hanger bracket frame comprising:

(a) a cross strap,

(b) two strap members having coplanar portions that are aixed to theends of the strap,

(c) a rearwardly and downwardly bent hook portion extending from eachstrap member adjacent the cross strap, and

(d) each strap member being provided with a twist and the ends thereofbeyond the twists being in parallel ilatwise relation to each other,

(e) a bayonet slot having a rearward directed opening provided in therear edge of each said strap end, (f) a spool-holding spindle beingsupported by its ends in said bayonet slots.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,241,891 5/1941Sollie 242-141 FOREIGN PATENTS 26, 889 1909 Great Britain.

FRANK I. COHEN, Primary Examiner.

LEONARD D. CHRISTIAN, Examiner.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION Patent No. 3,279,72() October l8, 1966 Jim C Garrett It is hereby certified that errorappears in the above numbered patent requiring correction and that thesaid Letters Patent should reed as corrected below.

In the heading to the printed specification, line 3, for 1'Jim CcGarrett, 8G60 Salt Lake Aven Inglewood, Calif," read Jim Ce Garrett,Inglewood, Calif( (8060 Salt Lake Avec Hunting ton Park, Calif., 90255)Signed and sealed this 5th day of September 1967.

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ERNEST W. SWIDER EDWARD I. BRENNER Attesting Officer Commissioner ofPatents

1. A HANGER BRACKET FOR SOLDER SPOOLS COMPRISING: (A) A U-SHAPED BRACKETFRAME THAT IS INVERTED IN OPERATIVE POSITION AND COMPRISES DEPENDINGLEGS AND A CONNECTING STRAP, (B) REARWARDLY AND DOWNWARDLY BENT PORTIONSON THE LEGS WHERE THE SAME ARE CONNECTED TO THE ENDS OF THE STRAP ANDCONSTITUTING HANGER HOOKS, (C) SCREWS EXTENDING THROUGH THE JOINTSBETWEEN THE LEGS AND STRAP FOR CLAMPING AGAINST A SUPPORT MEMBER OVERWHICH THE HOOKS ARE ENGAGED, (D) THE LOWER ENDS OF THE LEGS BEINGPROVIDED WITH REARWARDLY OPEN BAYONET SLOTS, AND (E) A SPOOL-MOUNTINGSPINDLE SPANNING BETWEEN THE LEGS AND HAVING ITS ENDS REMOVABLY ENGAGEDIN SAID SLOTS.